The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 8, sentence 76
‘The deed is done; yet thus much I concede: In you the human heart shall never fail, Changed though ye be, and masked in feathery weed: Your voice shall sweet remain as voice of Gael; And all who hear your songs shall sink in trance And, sleeping, dream some great deliverance.’
Who acts: I, human heart, sweet, all, your · What happens: do, concede, not fail, change, mask, remain · To what, where: deed, feathery weed, songs, trance, great deliverance
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, human heart, sweet, all), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 done | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 deed | det |
| 3 | deed | deed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 done | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 done | aux:pass |
| 5 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 concede | advcl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 done | punct |
| 7 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 5 done | advmod |
| 8 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 9 much | advmod |
| 9 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 done | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 concede | nsubj |
| 11 | concede | concede | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 fail | punct |
| 13 | In | in | ADP | _ | 14 you | case |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 fail | obl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 heart | det |
| 16 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 heart | amod |
| 17 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 fail | nsubj |
| 18 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 fail | aux |
| 19 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 20 fail | advmod |
| 20 | fail | fail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 concede | ccomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Changed | punct |
| 22 | Changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 fail | conj |
| 23 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 25 be | mark |
| 24 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 be | nsubj |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 22 Changed | advcl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 masked | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 masked | cc |
| 28 | masked | mask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 fail | parataxis |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 weed | case |
| 30 | feathery | feathery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 weed | amod |
| 31 | weed | weed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 remain | obl |
| 32 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 36 sweet | punct |
| 33 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 voice | nmod:poss |
| 34 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 sweet | nsubj |
| 35 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 sweet | aux |
| 36 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 remain | nsubj |
| 37 | remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 masked | ccomp |
| 38 | as | as | ADP | _ | 39 voice | case |
| 39 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 remain | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 Gael | case |
| 41 | Gael | Gael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 voice | nmod |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 sink | punct |
| 43 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 all | cc |
| 44 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 50 sink | nsubj |
| 45 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 hear | nsubj |
| 46 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 all | acl:relcl |
| 47 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 songs | nmod:poss |
| 48 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 hear | obj |
| 49 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 sink | aux |
| 50 | sink | sink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 concede | parataxis |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 trance | case |
| 52 | trance | trance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 sink | obl |
| 53 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 sleeping | cc |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 sleeping | punct |
| 55 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 50 sink | conj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 dream | punct |
| 57 | dream | dream | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 sink | conj |
| 58 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 60 deliverance | det |
| 59 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 deliverance | amod |
| 60 | deliverance | deliverance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 dream | obj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 concede | punct |
| 62 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 concede | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · passive | the deed | yet | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | concede | present | I | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not fail | shall | the human heart | in you | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in you=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | change | participle | the human heart not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | mask | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | remain | present | sweet Your voice | feathery weed | as voice of Gael | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in weed=Location | |||
| 7 | hear | present | your songs | who nsubj | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | sink | shall | all | trance | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 9 | sleep | gerund | all not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | dream | infinitive | all not said here | some great deliverance | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deliverance=Topic | ||||
| 11 | sing | your | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Project Gutenberg book 78491 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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